Toowoomba mare back on the winning road

RESILIENT Toowoomba mare Rhiatenn Road brightened up a gloomy Clifford Park afternoon for her supporters today after steaming back into the winner's list.

The nine-year-old confirmed she'd lost little of her zest for racing when she overpowered her rivals for career win number eight in The Apricity Invoice Finance Benchmark 65 Handicap (1300m).

She downed I Am The Warrior ($13) by a long neck for jockey Nozi Tomizawa while Canny Excel ($12) did best of the rest, 1 3/4 lengths back third.

Rhiatenn Road put the writing on the wall for an upcoming win with a close-up fifth behind stablemate Puff's Girl when resuming in a classy Clifford Park Benchmark 70 Handicap line-up two weeks earlier.